To mark the 25th anniversary of Good Smile Company, the company has officially unveiled the first entry in its brand-new Gattai-shin Series: the original TV anime Beast King Brave DANDIVINE (獣王武神ダンデヴァイン). The series is scheduled to begin airing this October.
The anime is being produced by LIDENFILMS and KAYAC Animation. Direction is handled by Yi Cao, a China-born director who previously worked on 3DCG production for MAPPA titles, while series composition and scripts are written by Toshiki Inoue, known for works such as Kamen Rider 555 and Avataro Sentai Donbrothers. It has also been confirmed that the opening theme song will be performed by Takanori Nishikawa.
This title is part of a new project from GSC’s robot brand MECHA SMILE, created to reintroduce the thrill, passion, and appeal of combining robots to fans around the world.
The Gattai-shin Series is planned as an ongoing annual anime project, with each installment exploring a different theme centered on combining robots. The goal is to establish a new flagship mecha anime for the Reiwa era—and potentially create a new classic for a whole generation.
The story takes place 20 years after the legendary combining robot DANDIVINE defeated the mysterious enemy known as the Aposdolls (アポスドール). Peace has long since returned to the world, but the toy company Casga (キャスガ)—which once dominated the market thanks to the huge success of DANDIVINE toys—has fallen into prolonged decline after relying too heavily on that single IP.
At the center of it all is Casga president Genzaburo Shijima, whose obsessive desire to see DANDIVINE return—even at the cost of shattering the peace—seems almost to reach the heavens. One day, the Aposdolls suddenly reappear in Tokyo. After 20 years of peace, the public is thrown into chaos, and the city quickly descends into panic.
As people flee for their lives, high school student Gekiha Shijima is led by his uncle Yusaku Kuroiwa, the former main pilot of DANDIVINE, and boards the legendary machine once again. Why have the Aposdolls returned? Can Casga use this crisis to reclaim its position at the top of the toy industry? And as events spiral out of control, Gekiha finds himself drawn into an all-new battle.
The main voice cast has also been revealed.
Gekiha Shijima: Takuma Terashima
Akane Kuzumi: Haruka Shiraishi
Kirei Shijima: Saya Aizawa
Mechanical setting visuals for the series have been released as well.
One of the most interesting hooks of the project is how it combines the classic “giant robot saves the world” formula with a more commercially grounded premise: a toy company trying to revive its fortunes and claw its way back to market dominance through that very robot. It is an unusual angle for the genre, and it will be interesting to see how GSC develops it.
▼ Beast King Brave DANDIVINE Project PV
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Director: Yi Cao
Series Composition / Script: Toshiki Inoue
Original Character Concepts: Majiro
Animation Character Design: robin
Mechanical Design: GOD BRAVE STUDIO
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Animation Production: LIDENFILMS, KAYAC Animation
via： Vアニメ『獣王武神ダンデヴァイン